Senior Software Engineer

Santa Clara Valley (Cupertino), California, United States
Hardware

Summary

Posted:
Weekly Hours: 40
Role Number:200535054
Would you like to join a creative engineering team committed to making Apple hardware more reliable? We’re looking for a software engineer to develop tools that accelerate aging of Apple’s next-generation hardware, to identify ways to improve durability. In this role, you’ll develop a variety of software to evaluate the reliability of future Apple hardware — everything from stress cycling software to native apps. You’ll work with Apple hardware and software engineering teams as well as our manufacturing partners. The data generated by these tools will be reviewed at an executive level and influence the design of future products. This is a hands-on work environment where engineers are self-motivated and support several projects concurrently. If you enjoy tinkering with microcontrollers (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.) or embedded systems, you’ll be right at home on our team! You will not be abstracted from the hardware or operating system: our software runs on prototype hardware, which is running a pre-release operating system. If this sounds like an exciting technical challenge, this may be the place for you... Come join our team!

Key Qualifications

  • 4+ years software engineering experience with at least one scripting language (e.g. Bash, Lua) and one compiled language
  • Communicates effectively with engineering (hardware, software, firmware, mechanical), stakeholders, and leadership
  • Extensive experience with Unix shells, utilities, and command line tools (e.g. sed, awk)
  • Experience with (or strong curiosity about) developing software for prototype hardware
  • Proficiency with software engineering practices (e.g. version control, code review, testing)

Description

- Develop scripts and software tools that accelerate aging and degradation of prototype hardware (similar to burnin/runin), working with the global Hardware Reliability team - Develop and automate data collection and processing tools that record and analyze large volumes of sensor data - Collaborate with manufacturing partners in China to run, debug, and validate our software - Develop and maintain internal user study software to influence lifetime usage models for Apple products

Education & Experience

- B.S. or M.S. in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field; or relevant work experience

Additional Requirements

Pay & Benefits